Communicating Climate Change To The Masses
The VlogBrothers is one of the channels I’ve been subbed to for a long time now, finding them not long after I became active on YouTube. John writes books teenagers and Hank maintains the website...
View ArticleScientists And Public Discourse
As I’m a software developer I follow several big names of the trade, one of them being Robert Martin. Yesterday one of his tweets caught my attention: @badastronomer @absolutspacegrl @rationalists...
View ArticleLanguage Matters
For the blog WottsUpWithThat I wrote a guest blog post on why the language you use matters: How we say things, the words we use, how we say it, and even our perceptions on the meaning of words do...
View ArticleThe Perfect Example For Why I Moderate My Comment Sections
Referee by Avinash Kunnath For both my website and YouTube channel I have some very strict moderation rules. For both the rules say you need to stay civil, you answer questions when asked, provide...
View ArticleAnthony Watts: “When You Resort To Name Calling, You’ve Lost The Argument”
It’s not often that I fully agree with something that Anthony Watts says, but sometimes it does happen. This time it’s about how you approach those that you are critical about. One of the things people...
View ArticleClimate Change – The Elevator Pitch
When John Cook, Peter Sinclair and I were interviewing scientist at the AGU 2014 Fall Meeting John Cook asked them one last brilliant question: Ok, you’re getting on an elevator with someone, and they...
View ArticleCommunicating Climate Change: Sometimes It’s Not about the Science
Guest article written by Scott Mandia. Back in January, my wife engaged a climate science doubter on Facebook. Should you consider a similar engagement, consider this: nobody doubts scientists when it...
View ArticleUsing The Tactics Of The Merchants Of Doubt To Combat Science Denial
Scientists are sceptical and questioning by their very nature. They love to poke and prod everything to see if it withstands scrutiny. So when scientists agree this is a sign that a question was...
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